Los Angeles, May 9 -- Filmmaker Shawn Levy is all set to helm a new project, coming on board to direct the original sci-fi movie 'Somewhere Out There' for Netflix.

According to Variety, Netflix has picked up the spec script from Max Taxe in a bidding way, with Levy now also set to produce the film under his 21 Laps banner.

The story is said to be falling in the emotional vein of 'Arrival' and 'The Adam Project', following a grieving father who loses his wife and ends up sending a message out into space.

It is only then that something actually talks back.

The development arrives on the heels of Shawn Levy's recent wrap of production on 'Star Wars: Starfighter'.

A standalone film outside the Skywalker saga, Starfighter is set five year...